Author interview w/Mangus Fitzpatrick - Erotic Romance

Mangus Fitzpatrick

Erotic Romance

     We've all been invited to come up on the cabin porch and get comfy while we chat with Mangus. He's got cold drinks for all so grab your favorite from the bar and come relax so we can get started! Thank you all for stopping in and Mangus, the lake view is gorgeous from here! 

(Brenda) Tonya! You're going to fall off that dock!

Naughty Reader’s: Mangus, welcome! We'll move on. If we wait for Tonya, we could be here a while. Tell us a bit about yourself .

Mangus: Thank you for having me. I look forward to chatting with your readers. There is a contest at the end for them to enter so I hope they do! I like to write things that make my readers excited and inspired. I’ve been writing for the greater majority of my adult life, but this is the first publication of any of my erotic writings. I’m married and, believe it or not, there is not much bondage in my personal sexual life, but it does fascinate and excite us, so who knows where that will lead?

Naughty Reader’s: Well perhaps we should wait for Tonya! She'll have a comment or two. What made you want to become a writer?

Tonya: *running up the steps, taking a seat* Mangus, if you both think about it, then a blindfold is the easiest way to get started! Give it a try!

Mangus: I just might have to do that! I like to make up stories. When writing, you can portray emotion and inner thoughts much more effectively than on the screen or telling a tale in person. It’s a great medium and it’s something I’ve always done. Writing is in my blood.

Naughty Reader’s: Please share a bit about your new release The Sexual Reeducation of Melissa without giving away any spoilers.

Mangus: The book introduces (very quickly) the characters of Melissa, a somewhat naïve but very curious college girl and her soon-to-be master, Warren (aka Lord Z). They begin with a scene emphasizing trust and move on to more outrageous escapades cementing their relationship and Melissa’s devotion to Warren.

Naughty Reader’s: Do you write under a pen name?

Mangus: Absolutely. This is not my full-time job, and my full-time employers are very conservative like most of America shows its public face to be.

Naughty Reader’s: What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

Mangus:  I like the flawed hero that changes through the course of the story into something better or at least something different. As one reviewer noted early on, even though he is the “master”, Warren is a flawed character indeed.

Naughty Reader’s: Tell us about a typical day in your life as a writer.

Mangus: Write, write, write and then write some more! Seriously, I get home from the day time job and plow right in, hopefully producing some decent first draft material in the two to three hours I have available before calling it a night. I reserve editing and rewrites to the weekend. I can push out first draft stuff even when exhausted from the work day. I almost always have music playing as I write.

Naughty Reader’s: Do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Mangus: I must admit to being drawn to the taboo. Bondage is still very taboo in today’s society. There are other acts in a normal sexual world that will pop up in my writing. Part of the excitement for the characters is the newness and ‘taboo-ness’ of what they’re experiencing often for the first time. Simulated danger excites many people and I often go there.

Naughty Reader’s: Many readers love reading taboo, even though many don't admit to it. How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Mangus: I can usually crank out a 2,000 word short story in a single night. I’ve managed to put the screws to myself and generate 10,000 words in a single weekend. Rewriting is usually a result of the editing process, so it’s a little difficult to break that out separately. It will usually take me just as long to rewrite and edit as it did to write it the first time. A 2,000 word edit in a single night is not unheard of. I will say my stories usually have more than one rewrite though.

Naughty Reader’s: Impressive! Do you have to be alone to write?

Mangus: At home, alone in the room yes. There are too many distractions with people in the house expecting your attention if you’re in the same room they are. I have written at Starbucks and the airport when I’m by myself, so I’m still alone but with other people I don’t know around.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

Mangus: I don’t really have a system for it. I’ve just zeroed in on a name and the names of other characters in the story kind of feed off that one. I can’t confess to having a real rhyme or reason to my character names!

Naughty Reader’s: Is it easier to write about the characters if you find pictures of them before you write or do you write then find character pictures?

Mangus: The character of Melissa is actually based on someone I met online. No I never met her in person, but I did have a picture of her. She’s pretty close to that character. Others, well, I’ve seen a LOT of pictures of women, so generating one in my mind is pretty easy – I have such a library of memories to choose from! Male characters are a different story; I actually do have to look around a bit to get a feel for my male characters.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

Mangus: I’ve experienced many of the places I’ve described in my stories to one degree or another. I will use the memories of a place to create the scene for the reader in the story. Luckily, I was pretty well traveled in my youth, so I have a generous library of locations to choose from.

Naughty Reader’s: What are you working on now and what should readers be looking forward to from you in the future?

Mangus: I just published the sequel The Sexual Indoctrination of Melissa last month. I’m planning on writing the last part of the trilogy and have it published in November of this year. I’ve also published a bevy of short story collections in the last month.

Naughty Reader’s: Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

Mangus: You can find my books and eBooks on Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes (soon), and many other online retailers. (The two Melissa eBooks are currently only available on Amazon Kindle, but that will change in late September when they’re available on Smashwords and other web sites again.)

Amazon Author Page

The Sexual Reeducation of Melissa: Amazon

The Sexual Indoctrination of Melissa: Amazon

Naughty Shorts: Lesbian Inspirations: Amazon Smashwords

Naughty Shorts: Bondage Tales: Amazon Smashwords

Naughty Shorts: Threeplay!: Amazon Smashwords

Freely Kinky Volume 1: AmazonSmashwords

Excerpt:

      “Master, if it pleases you, may I ask when you are coming back?”

     “No, you may not, slave.  Lay back and enjoy your time alone.” I walk out of the room and turn off the light. For the first time, you notice half a dozen candles burning in the room giving an eerie glimmer to the ceiling, which you realize is also mirrored. You can just make out your own, nearly naked form stretched out on the bed. The buzzing on your pussy is pleasant, but you realize that while it is getting you excited, it is not fast enough to make you come. Your pussy is getting wet, but you are just on the edge of the orgasm, you can’t quite get to it. You remember that you don’t have permission to come anyway, so you should just make the best of it and enjoy it.

      You fall asleep to the buzzing in your pussy. You’re not sure how much time has passed, but you suddenly come awake and your pussy is aching to come. You look at the candles and they are maybe a quarter of the way burned down. You try to think of something else, but your pussy is capturing all of your attention. You think about getting loose and making yourself cum.  You strain at the cuffs and panic for a moment, thinking you can’t get loose! But, you remember the emergency release. Oh, if only you didn’t know about it! You’re aching to come, but you don’t want to disappoint your master!

      After what seems an eternity, I come back in the room. I turn on the lights and see your glistening body lying there, squirming. You see me and a look of relief floods over your face. I walk over to you and begin to kiss your legs, tracing my tongue through the sheen of sweet, sweat on your body.  I kiss my way up your belly, stooping to lightly lick and tease your nipples. I bring my face to yours and you try to kiss me deeply, but I pull back. You groan in frustration.

     “Master, if it please you, can I cum?!”

     “Well, what have you done for me?  I’m not sure you deserve to cum.”

     You look down and see my cock straining through my leather pants.

 - web links –

Blog Site: Willfully Inappropriate

Main Site: Smashwords Author Profile

Twitter: @MangusFitz

CONTEST:  Three winners will be picked via Rafflecopter to receive an eBook copy of The Sexual Reeducation of Melissa from Smashwords (will provide a “free” coupon to download the book from there, whatever format they choose that’s available there)

Naughty Reader's: Thank you, Mangus and thank you, readers, for stopping in to meet our guest. Don't forget to enter the contest; three of you will be winning the ebook! I hope you visit the websites and check out his other books!

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Interview with S.L. Danielson, Erotic Author

Tonya and Brenda welcome S. L. Danielson (Steph) this week. Steph started writing as a teen and as an adult found writing M/M Romance as her niche. She resides in the quiet Midwest and is multi-published by different houses.

Before we chat, here's a little bit about Steph in her own words:

Author of over 10+ m/m romance books so far...with many more percolating in my mind. I am also a business owner of Romance First Publishing.

In another world I am a wife, a mother of two cats, and a cog in the corporate machine.
In my spare moments I love to cycle, shoot pool, and get together with my parents, brothers, nephews, and friends as much as humanly possible!

Naughty Reader’s: Tell us a bit about yourself  that our readers might not know.

Steph: Well, beyond being a nearly-complete graduate student, and entrepreneur, I am an accomplished figure skater as well. I hope to get back up to speed once school is over and life calms, and I have the $ and time to pursue it again, to become a coach.

 

Naughty Reader’s: Maybe you'll be coaching future Olympian skaters! What made you want to become a writer?

Steph: I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be one; I was always doodling and drawing, and writing, ever since grammar school. It’s been my calling, and passion all my life.

Naughty Reader’s: Please share a bit about your new release without giving away any spoilers.

Steph: My very latest book will be Upstaged: Opening Act. Here is the blurb:

Asher and Erik were poles apart. Asher the snarky Brit and Erik the arrogant American. Add to that the fact that Erik was all for bringing back grunge while Asher was hardcore goth and the music they made together was anything but enchanting. Can Erik and Asher overcome their differences to become frenemies, much less friends, or will they always hit a sour note?

Naughty Reader’s: Readers, follow Steph on her blog and Facebook for the release date. Do you write under a pen name?

Steph: Yes, S. L. Danielson or Stephanie Danielson is my pen name. My real name is far too dull.

Naughty Reader’s: What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

Steph: I like heroes who are real, and not helpless, but I mix my alphas and betas into every story. I’ve been touted many times as having very ‘real’ and ‘believable’ men in my stories.

Naughty Reader’s: Tell us about a typical day in your life as a writer.

Steph: Well, after working a full-time job, and the evening calms, I can get 1-4 hours of writing in per night; depending on inspiration level and motivation. Time is my biggest obstacle, not having enough of it. On weekends though, I will spend the lion’s share of the day writing.

Naughty Reader’s: Time is always the barrier when writing. Tonya wants a clone to do her other tasks. LOL Do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Steph: I almost said a HEA… but that’s not happened all the time. So far the only common theme is overcoming obstacles; whether they be physical, mental, or other.

Naughty Reader’s: How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Steph: Once I wrote a tale in two weeks and edited it in about the same amount of time. But others it’s taken months; so it all depends on length and time.

Naughty Reader’s: Do you have to be alone to write?

Steph: Yes, definitely. My cat is my sole companion usually, though hubby pops in from time to time; but I have to be alone to focus at all.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

Steph: I go with names I like, some from movies, TV, but mainly biblical names, and I have a huge baby naming book too. I like to be authentic with them too, for example, Irish or Italian names.

Naughty Reader’s: Is it easier to write about the characters if you find pictures of them before you write or do you write then find character pictures?

Steph: I write them and then find the photos; I usually have a pretty clear image of them in my head already. Then I just need to find the model that suits him best.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

Steph: I go with areas that are familiar to me, or even fantasy sites, such as Europe. But right now, I stick with states I’ve either lived in or visited personally.

Naughty Reader’s: What are you working on now and what should readers be looking forward to from you in the future?

Steph: At this very moment, I’m working with a friend of mine on another series that is based on a band, which begins in high school and through their 20’s. Currently, we are on book #6!

Naughty Reader’s: Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

Steph: email: ladyauthorsld@gmail.com

Blog
Facebook

My author pages are:  

Smashwords

And at Amazon 

And at All Romance Ebooks 

Giveaway: a copy of my book…Ranch Hands 2: Jerry’s Season, pubbed through my own company, 

Romance First Publishing.

S.L. Danielson's Books:

Love by the Numbers

For the Heart of Phillip

Life After Math

Bernard; Diary of a 46-yr-old Bellhop

Refugees

Ranch Hands

My Fair Vampire (with Julie Hayes)

**Ranch Hands 2: Jerry's Season

The Alpha Lambda House (with M. J. MacGregor)

The Southern Comfort series (with Julie Hayes) 1st Book: It Started With a Dare

2nd book: Growing Pains

3rd book: Aftermath due out July 7th

4th book: Truth and Consequences due out August, 2012

Interview with Sarah Madison, Erotic Romance Author

Tonya and Brenda are excited to visit with Sarah Madison this week in the romantic city of San Francisco; location for her book Unspeakable Words. Sarah mostly writes Male/Male Erotic Romance but now and then a female voice will tap inside her brain demanding a story. We're standing on a hill overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. Such a gorgeous site!

Before we get to the interview, we'd like to introduce Sarah.

About Sarah in her own words:

I'm a writer, veterinarian, event horse rider. I like hiking with the dog in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA, reading a good book curled on the couch with someone I love, and hanging out in the barn on a rainy day. Writing is an addiction--some days I wish there was a 12 step process to cure it, but most days it's what makes me tick.

I write mostly m/m romance with lots of plot, adventure, angst, humor, and a firm belief in happy endings whenever possible.

Naughty Reader’s: Sarah, thanks for inviting us for a chat. Snow Hawkeye is such a beautiful dog. Tell us a bit about yourself  that our readers might not know.

Sarah: Yes, he is. Thank you! I do a really wicked Yoda impersonation. And I can mimic dueling cats so accurately that I’ve been known to trigger cat fights. It’s a rather impressive party trick.

Naughty Reader’s: (Brenda) LOL I just love Yoda. What made you want to become a writer?

Sarah: I had no choice. Seriously, it’s a compulsion. I resisted it for years, told myself that I should put away childish things and give up my foolish dreams, but one day I began writing down the stories that were playing in my head. People seemed to like them, which was when I realized that the only thing preventing me from being a writer was me.

Naughty Reader’s: (Tonya)Well, fans are glad you listened to the voices! Please share a bit about your new release Practice Makes Perfect without giving away any spoilers.

Sarah:  Practice Makes Perfect is meant to be just a little light-hearted fun. My main characters are co-workers who just happen to work in outer space. There is no serious world-building or sci-fi battle action—just two guys trying to figure out if they should take things to the next step or not…while not getting killed at work.

Naughty Reader’s: Do you write under a pen name?

Sarah: Yes. I live and work in a small town in a conservative region of the country. I still get the ‘you shouldn’t give away the milk for free’ speech from my mother regarding the relationship between me and my boyfriend. I have lost some friends over the writing. I doubt some of my employers would be too keen on it either. If I made enough money to quit work and write full time, I’d be one happy camper. Until then, the horse needs a new pair of shoes every six weeks…

Naughty Reader’s: What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

Sarah: Oooooh. Damaged. I like a hero who has lost faith in himself or his path and he needs to find his way again—preferably with the help of people who believe in him.

Naughty Reader’s: Tell us about a typical day in your life as a writer.

Sarah:  Hah. On a good day, I go to the barn to ride my horse. Afterward, I take the dog for a quick run in the woods. These activities aren’t just good for me physically; I do my best brainstorming and plot-devising while performing mindless barn chores or watching my dog run ahead of me on the trail. Then I come home excited over the scenes that are laid out in full-Technicolor glory in my head, and I madly try to capture them on paper. Two or three hours later, I come up for air, look around, and realize I’ve written two to three thousand words.

On a bad day, I get interrupted or distracted so many times that I can’t get back into the rhythm of the story. I have to extract the words out of me one at a time, like pulling teeth with nothing but a pair of pliers. Or worse, I’m excited about a story idea all day long, but when I finally get the chance to sit down and work on it, I’ve run out of steam for the day.  I hate those days.

Naughty Reader’s: Do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Sarah: They are all different but there are some common threads that run through many of them. My characters often create families out of their friends and loved ones as opposed to blood relatives. Many times my main characters are managing, but not really living. “Life is more than mere survival” is a recurring theme in my stories. I also adore stories with an unusual twist, so you will rarely get a straightforward, simple love story.

Naughty Reader’s: How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Sarah: It depends. Mostly on my work schedule. The average day at work is 10-12 hours long, so there are times when I’m hard pressed to get much writing done. I do work better to deadlines (even though I find them stressful) because a deadline will often push me to work through a problem when I’d rather let it marinate for a while. I can write a 20 K novella in 2 weeks or 2 months—it just depends. When I catch myself churning out stories faster and faster, I force myself to slow down and set a story aside for a while, to come back to it six weeks later with a fresh perspective and see if it was as good or bad as I remembered.

My production has slowed down tremendously in the last year, but I hope the quality has improved. That’s because I’ve accepted that I will never be a big name author who can retire to a villa by the sea. I write because I enjoy it. It’s the first thing I think about when I wake, it is the thing I look forward to the most when I have a free moment to spare. That means I’m going to write about the things that interest me and include all my favorite tropes. Hopefully, some of you out there will find the stories as entertaining as I do!

Naughty Reader’s: Let's hop on a trolley and find a coffee shop where we can finish the interview. Do you have to be alone to write?

Sarah: Good idea, Ladies! To write the original draft, yes. To edit and polish, no. I know that sounds a little backward, but I re-read my work obsessively when I am in editing mode. Having minor distractions during that time is not nearly as disruptive to my thought process as when I am getting the first draft down on paper.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

Sarah:  Names are tough. They come with inherent baggage, impressions, and influences. I try to select names that suit my characters.  I also have to like the name if I am going to be typing it over and over again!  I often scour the baby names lists by nationality when I am stuck for a name. I tap my friends too.

“Quick! I need a name for the American pilot of Scots-Irish decent and his love interest, the geeky math guy from England!”

 I like clean, simple names. The last time I went with a name that ended in a ‘s’, I had kittens every time I had to write the name in the possessive form.

Naughty Reader’s: Is it easier to write about the characters if you find pictures of them before you write or do you write then find character pictures?

Sarah: I never used to use pictures at all! Then, last summer, I signed up to write a story for the free Goodreads M/M Romance Group’s Hot Summer Days Anthology. Group members provided pictures and invited authors to claim them and write a short story about them. I ended up writing a novella called Surf’s Up, as well as falling deeply in love with characters (in fact, I’m trying to figure out how I can continue their story in novel form). It was my first real experience writing to a picture prompt, and now I can really see the appeal. Since then, when I find myself struggling for the words to describe one of my characters, I’ve been known to scour the internet looking for pictures of people who fit my mental image. Having an actual image (either in front of you or in your mind) really helps you nail some of the specific features when describing a character. It makes them real to me, so therefore, I can make them real to you.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

Sarah: The locations really depend on the story itself. If the location is a big part of the story, I try to avoid setting stories in places that I’ve never seen. I don’t travel much, so maybe this is an excuse to get out more!  I’m not fond of big cities, and I’ve been known to spend a lot of time on Google Maps scoping out streets and landmarks of cities my characters are supposed to know like the back of their hand. I’m much more comfortable writing about what I’ve loved and walked my entire life: mountain streams and open fields, farmland and small towns, universities and medical environments. Hey, if life was an old sixties sitcom, mine would be Green Acres, and I’d be singing Eddie Albert’s lyrics, not Eva Gabor’s.

Naughty Reader’s: What are you working on now and what should readers be looking forward to from you in the future?

Sarah: I’m currently working on a novel entitled Can’t Take the Heat. The main character is an ER doctor who is teetering on the edge of burnout. Scott thought he had his whole life mapped out and that he knew what he wanted—until he meets the sous chef, Daniel DuBois. Now he doesn’t know what he wants or how to ask for it. I’ve also got several works in process going at the moment—a time travel piece and one about the often crazy and very intense world of sport horses and eventing. I have sequels planned for Unspeakable Words and Crying for the Moon as well.  I just need Hermione’s Time Spinner device from The Prisoner of Azakaban, and I would have all these titles to you by next week.

Naughty Reader’s: Sarah, thank you again for taking the time to interview with us. Where can readers find out more about you and your books? 

Sarah: Everything you need to know about my books and upcoming events can be found on my Web site. 

On the books page, you will find all my available titles, including links to free stories.

All my contact links are there too, for emails, and following me on Twitter and Facebook, as well as my longer blogs on Live Journal. But for the ease of one stop shopping here's my links:

Web site

Twitter

Author Page on Facebook 

Blog on Live Journal 

Amazon Author Page
Goodreads

You can contact me by email: akasarahmadison@gmail.com

My books on Dreamspinner Press

Sarah: Just one more thing…Thank you for visiting with me this week!  I’d like to ask one question of the readers!  What’s the one question you were hoping I’d get asked to today that I didn’t get asked? Go on, ask away! I will do a giveaway to one lucky commenter, winner's choice from my backlist.

Practice Makes Perfect

The now-extinct Brill gifted humankind with the technology of space travel, but the implacable Swarm is determined to wipe all humans from the face of the universe. However, the human race won’t give in so easily. On board the spaceship Fearless, a team led by Dr. Rhys Aubrey and Major Jim Tanner is tasked with developing technology for the fight and making new allies to trade for whatever edge they can get.

Every day the Fearless ventures forth to new worlds and faces challenges that forge strong bonds of friendship among the crew—and perhaps something more between Rhys and Jim. In a life filled with danger and trouble around every corner, are Rhys and Jim ready to risk their hearts too?

An excerpt from the book:

He gradually became aware that he’d slowed his breathing to match Tanner’s. His left side was still freezing, but his right shoulder and thigh were pressed up against Tanner, and the warm contact was making him sleepy.

“Better?” Tanner asked, long after Rhys has thought he’d gone back to sleep.

“Better,” Rhys agreed with a sigh.  He relaxed slightly closer to Tanner.  “Now I know the secret of your freakish metabolism,” he said, smiling into the darkness.

There was a long pause.  “Oh, really?” Tanner said at last.

“Yes.” Rhys grinned at the ceiling.  “You put out heat like a nuclear reactor. You probably burn something like three hundred calories an hour just sitting still.  No wonder everyone wants to sleep with you.”  No sooner had he said the words, he realized how they sounded, and he briefly bit his lip in horror.  “I mean, that is to say, off the ship, you know, when it’s really cold.”

“Go to sleep, Aubrey.” Tanner rolled over onto his shoulder again, presenting his back to Rhys.

Impossibly, he did go to sleep. He must have, because sometime during the night, he gravitated toward Tanner’s warmth and spooned up against him, sliding one arm along the fleece, and worming his hand under the blanket to place it against warm skin.  He wouldn’t even have been aware that he’d done this, except that he muzzily recognized the stirring of someone beneath his hand before Jim stretched into his touch and rolled toward him.

“Aubrey.”  It wasn’t a tone Rhys had heard very often. Tanner was usually the epitome of Texas charm. Whenever Rhys had heard this particular note in the past, he’d always been reminded of the Don’t Mess With Texas motto. “Mind telling me what your hand is doing on my cock?”

 

Interview with Rosanna Leo, Erotic Author

 Congratulations to Parker Kincade! 

Parker won the eBook "Sweet Hell" by Rosanna Leo.

Tonya and Brenda are very excited to introduce Rosanna Leo to the readers. *Handing out hand fans to everyone* Trust us you'll need this. It's hot as Hades here this week because Rosanna's new release Sweet Hell is mostly set in...Hell. Maybe Dionysus and Josie will join us, too, sometime this week. 

We have wine chilling and plenty of glasses to go around. So find a not so hot spot and get as comfy as you can while we chat with Rosanna. By the way, Rosanna is featuring a giveaway; details below.

Naughty Reader’s: Hi Rosanna! We're so glad to meet you. Tell us a bit about yourself  that our readers might not know.

Rosanna:  Hmm…that readers won’t know? Well, some of my readers already know I have an unhealthy obsession with Nutella, so I won’t mention that. I am a nail-biting, coffee-drinking, writing-obsessed mother of two boys. My husband shakes his head at all my pretend boyfriends (i.e. heroes from books). Oh, and I’m best when I’m sitting down. I’m so uncoordinated…I could never excel at sports, but I’ll beat your pants at Trivial Pursuit!

Naughty Reader’s: Hey, Nutella is delicious! Love it on plain bagels. What made you want to become a writer?

Rosanna: All the people in my head, constantly nattering at me, demanding their stories be told. I didn’t realize at first that writing could be my outlet. I thought I just had an active imagination. When I began to imagine all these grand love stories with gorgeous heroes, I began to think romance was for me!

Naughty Reader’s: Please share a bit about your new release Sweet Hell without giving away any spoilers.

Rosanna:  My hero in Sweet Hell is Dionysus, Greek god of wine and theater. He’s seen and done it all…especially women! But lately, his life is starting to feel like one long string of meaningless sexual escapades. Even worse, he is suddenly aroused by the idea of marriage. To top it all off, Josie Marino, the mouthy, disheveled, and eternally annoying woman who serves him coffee at the local bakery, sets him on fire.

Josie, a Toronto baker of Italian heritage, is not looking for love or lust. Especially not with Dionysus Iros, the most aggravating, demanding customer she'd ever had to serve. With his rippling muscles and sexy, knowing eyes, he's obviously trouble with a capital T. Unfortunately, he's also the star of her every X-rated dream. Josie determines she will not fall for his considerable physical charms, come hell or high water.

But Dionysus turns strangely protective when a sinister character arrives at Josie’s bakery, and they can no longer deny their unwanted feelings for one another. They are forced to embark on a bizarre, sexually-charged journey to hell itself, which threatens to either change them for the better, or destroy them.

Naughty Reader’s: Oh, he sure looks sexy on the cover! *Tonya and Brenda wonder what his eyes look like* Do you write under a pen name?

Rosanna:  I do! Rosanna Leo is my pen name, although Rosanna is my actual first name. Leo is my sign…roar!

Naughty Reader’s: What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

Rosanna:  As far as heroines, I prefer the nerdy, awkward ones. It’s pretty much what I write and what I relate to as well. I love the women who have never quite figured it all out, because neither have I. As far as heroes…well, they can be perfect, can’t they? Like everyone else, I like a sexy Alpha, but he has to have flaws too. And I love it when the collision of these two characters involves lots of laughs and lots of hot sex!

Naughty Reader’s: Tell us about a typical day in your life as a writer.

Rosanna:  Drop kids off at school, fill my mug with coffee and sit down. During the school year, I try to take advantage of the time the kids are busy. If I can write a good few hours in one sitting, I’m delirious. There’s no time in my schedule for writer’s block either. I force my Muse to come!

Naughty Reader’s: Do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Rosanna: I write a lot about self-sacrifice for love and redemption. My heroes see something in my heroines that they’ve never encountered before, and are willing to give up everything for the women they love.

Naughty Reader’s: How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Rosanna: Each book is different. I wrote/edited For the Love of God and Sweet Hell in a matter of a few short months. Up In Flames and The Selkie both took a lot longer for some reason. I use an outline, but am also somewhat of a pantster, so sometimes the story changes unexpectedly. I try not to sweat it when it takes a little longer. It all works in the end.

Naughty Reader’s: Do you have to be alone to write?

Rosanna: I prefer it. My kids are sometimes flitting around, but I prefer to write when they’re at school or are occupied.  Just easier to think that way.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

Rosanna: Great question! I’ve kept a list of names I love for years! Seriously…I’ve had it since I was about 12 years old! I’m slowly working my way through that list. I do look at my characters’ traits however, in determining their names, and try to ensure the hero’s name sounds good with the heroine’s. Don’t want to throw an Ann and an Andy together! That might work for kids’ lit, but not romance!

Naughty Reader’s: Is it easier to write about the characters if you find pictures of them before you write or do you write then find character pictures?

Rosanna: I have always written my characters first.  I know a lot of authors find pics first, but I’ve never done that. I suppose no picture will ever quite add up to the image in my head.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

Rosanna: Well, I’m from Toronto, Canada and I’ve set many of my tales there. Toronto is a wonderful location: full of interesting shops and restaurants, it has multicultural neighborhoods and lots of interesting folks walking the streets. However, in my paranormal novels, we do sometimes wander into location such as Mount Olympus and Hades! 

Naughty Reader’s: What are you working on now and what should readers be looking forward to from you in the future?

Rosanna: I am working on another Greek god story, this one about the sexy Apollo! And my publisher Liquid Silver Books recently contracted another paranormal romance called The Selkie! It’s about mythological seal shape shifters from the Orkney Islands in Scotland…who are reputed to have devastating lovemaking abilities! Look for it soon!

Naughty Reader’s: ummm (big)O...verwhelming lovemaking. Sounds wicked. Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

Rosanna: Thank you Tonya and Brenda for the chat and the wine. My site links are below and I would love to do a giveaway of Sweet Hell: one PDF copy to one lucky commenter.

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EXCERPT:

There were usually two men Josie Marino had contact with at the ungodly hour of five in the morning. Not good contact. Certainly not sweaty, chest-heaving, “take me, take me” contact. And definitely not contact with Petter, the Norwegian male model who lived next door.

Nah. That would have been too perfect, wouldn’t it?

Instead, most mornings, Josie had to settle for haggling with her two least favorite men on the planet. Nelson Tate, the deliveryman from her most important supplier. And Dionysus Iros. Worst. Customer. Ever.

Because of the business, she just had to put up with Nelson. He’d been delivering dry goods to her family bakery for years. Had known her parents, schmoozed with her brothers, and basically enjoyed making life hell for her. Not that he was a vicious sort. He was just far too handsy for her liking.

In the case of Dionysus, he was just an early bird and a womanizer. And couldn’t function without the coffee she brewed first thing in the morning. Invariably, he was already waiting for her when she got to the bakery each day.

Oh, joy of joys.

Not that he was a horrible person either. He just intimidated her with his unearthly good looks. Men like him, not that most men came close to looking like him, rattled her. They were best kept at a distance.

Dionysus was so bloody perfect; Josie wanted to shake him to see if she could muss his seemingly unmussable hair. Most days, though, she just contented herself with a lot of grumbling in his presence. He unnerved her, with his sexy brown eyes and long, dark waves of hair any woman would die for. To say nothing of his body… No, it was best not to say anything about that smoking body at all. She couldn’t help hating him, just a little. No man should look so divine at dawn, when she felt about as put together as a cavewoman.

To makes things worse, the man acted as if he were a Greek god. His parents, in a tragic case of bad judgment, had even named him after one. It was no wonder he was so obnoxious.

On this morning, too, he was waiting at the door when she got there. Looking as if he’d just tumbled off the cover of GQ, and the birds weren’t even up yet. At least today he didn’t have a sleepy bimbo on his arm, like he often did.

“Mr. Iros,” Josie drawled, yawning, as she unlatched the bakery door. “You’re losing your touch. I haven’t seen you with a woman in, what, forty-eight hours?” She pushed ahead of him into the bakery, catching the scent of wine on him.

God, how much did the man drink? She was sure he dabbed a little bit of the stuff behind his ears, and splashed it on his face instead of aftershave.

On any other man, the strange cologne would have been a red flag. An indication he drank more than coffee in the morning. But on this man, it just smelled delicious. As if the scent were his pheromone, oozing out of every pore, inviting her to mate with him. In very dirty ways.

He chuckled, low and deep, and sauntered in after her as if he owned the place. Within seconds, he was seated at his usual spot at Josie’s counter. “Just be a good girl and fetch my coffee.” He lowered his shades and peered at her through sensuous dark eyes that should have been bloodshot at that time of the morning, but weren’t. “And don’t forget. Make it a tall, half-skinny, half-one percent, extra hot, two shots decaf, two shots regular latte with whip. And exactly…”

“I know, I know,” she interrupted. “One hundred fifty degrees. Has it ever been anything less, Your Highness?” She pasted on her sweetest of smiles and turned to prepare the elixir of the gods. She heard him huff as he flipped open the day’s newspaper.

“No need to call me that, Josie. ‘My Lord’ or ‘He From Whom All Good Things Come’ will do just fine.”

She reached for the one percent milk, and contemplated tossing in some heavy, artery-clogging cream just to soften up some of his sculpted muscles. A man with that kind of body had to be on some sort of special diet. With that brawny physique he must spend hours a day at the gym and ingest copious amounts of protein powders.

She snuck a peek at the bulges rippling under his sleeves, turning her head sharply when he grinned.

It was one thing to look like God’s gift to women. It was another thing to act like it.

About Rosanna

Hi everyone!

I am a married mom of two wonderful boys who has been obsessed with romance literature ever since I read Jane Eyre in grade six.  Since then, I have been a sucker for a roguish smile, a knowing eye and an alpha male!

I grew up in Toronto, Canada and still live nearby.  I write every chance I get, and my head is filled with stories of Greek gods, vampires, and ethereally beautiful creatures.  I tried getting to Narnia through my bedroom closet when I was a kid, but that didn't work, so I started writing novels.

I am absolutely thrilled that Liquid Silver Books has picked up my first four novels, and look forward to submitting many more.  You can reach my fabulous publisher at www.liquidsilverbooks.com

Join me on this romantic adventure!